Police: Parent had gun at school

Hudson man charged after authorities say he displayed a weapon

Updated 9:22 pm, Monday, March 4, 2013

Police wrap up their lockdown of Doane Stuart School in Rensselaer on Monday, March 4, 2013. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union)

Police wrap up their lockdown of Doane Stuart School in Rensselaer...

Police outside of Doane Stuart School in Rensselaer on Monday, March 4, 2013. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union)

Police outside of Doane Stuart School in Rensselaer on Monday,...

Police vehicles at Doane Stuart School in Rensselaer on Monday, March 4, 2013. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union)

Police vehicles at Doane Stuart School in Rensselaer on Monday,...

Rensselaer police officers secure and prepare for towing a late model pickup truck on Washington Avenue March 4, 2013 in Rensselaer, N.Y. after the driver was taken in to custody related to an incident at the Doane Stuart School. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union)

Rensselaer police officers secure and prepare for towing a late...

Rensselaer police officers dressed in tactical gear walk around the perimeter of Doane Stuart School March 4, 2013, in Rensselaer, N.Y. after an armed man came to the school. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union)

Rensselaer police officers dressed in tactical gear walk around the perimeter of Doane Stuart School March 4, 2013, in Rensselaer, N.Y. after an armed man came to the school. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union)

A State Police cruiser sits near Doane Stuart School March 4, 2013, in Rensselaer, N.Y. after an armed man came to the school. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union)

A State Police cruiser sits near Doane Stuart School March 4, 2013,...

Pierre R. Jeune, 44, of Hudson was charged with a misdemeanor weapons count on Monday, March 4, 2013, after he allegedly walked into Doane Stuart School with a handgun. Jeune had a permit to carry the weapon but Rensselaer police said it was illegal to bring it into the private school. (Rensselaer Police Department)

RENSSELAER — Police on Monday arrested a Hudson man they say displayed a concealed handgun to Doane Stuart School officials inside the school Monday.

Pierre R. Jeune, 44, the parent of a child in the private school on Washington Avenue, has a permit to carry the concealed weapon, but he should not have had the gun at school, said Police Chief Rick Fusco.

Jeune entered the building just before noon looking for another person with whom he was involved in a fender-bender at the school a week ago, Fusco said.

The police chief said Jeune went to the school to speak to that person, whom he felt owed him money, and during his conversation with school officials allegedly lifted up his sweater, revealing the handgun.

School personnel called police, and Jeune got into his pickup truck and left. Police used his cellphone number to contact him and asked him to return to the school, and when he did he was arrested.

No one at the school was harmed, said Lisa Brown, the interim head of the school.

Students were never in danger, Fusco said. The school was in lockdown for a time, but that order was lifted after Jeune's arrest.

Jeune was charged with fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon. He was arraigned in city court, released and ordered back to court March 13.